I'll be in one of the northern suburbs this weekend at an SCA event. If anyone wants cookies, show up. ;) And, if you tell me ahead of time that you're coming, I might even be convinced to make bacon chocolate chip cookies. -Kat Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. I will either find a way or make one. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > So everything's working? Great! Now about those cookies... > > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian wrote: > >> >> I ended up there this morning, and reinstalling Unity fixed the issue. I >> used Aptitude instead of apt-get though. >> >> Thank you for your help! >> >> Kat >> >> On Sep 26, 2012 12:54 PM, "Joel Longanecker" <joel.longanecker at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Oh dear, Ubuntu really needs to get their Dist Upgrade process >> figured out. >> >> Can you still do ctrl + alt + f1 to bring up a command line terminal? >> >> You might be able to get this to work >> >> >> >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop >> sudo apt-get install unity >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> Yeah, flashdrive, sorry, my mind was in... well, 10 years >> ago I guess (: if you can boot from a flashdrive with >> enough space you can probably just bulk-copy your homedir >> over to it. >> >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian wrote: >> >> >> I gave up on getting anything resolved >> tonight, so no worries there. My >> netbook doesn't have an optical drive, but I >> think I can do it via a >> flashdrive. Too tired to dig mine out tonight >> though. >> >> Backing up my data is a good plan. I can set >> that up tonight to run >> overnight, if I can get to the utility. >> >> K >> >> On Sep 26, 2012 12:21 AM, "Yaron" >> <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> Hmm. Not sure about actually getting the >> installation fixed >> right this second, but can you make an >> Ubuntu installation CD >> and then boot to the live Ubuntu and >> make sure you can access >> (and hopefully back up) all your data? >> You might want to get all >> your important stuff backed up before >> you try to fix anything. >> Worst case scenario, you then reinstall >> from scratch and restore >> all your data. >> >> Quite likely backing up your homedir >> would be enough, and then >> restoring it to a fresh installation. >> All your >> settings/bookmarks/whatever should be in >> there. As worst case >> scenarios go, it's a pretty good one. >> >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi everyone! >> >> My name is Kat. :) I decided that >> tonight would be a >> good night to upgrade >> to Ubuntu 12.04. I have done >> upgrades solo before, >> and haven't had any >> issues. The upgrade went fine, >> right up until the >> part where I started >> getting a bunch of notifications >> that said the >> packets were already >> installed. I thought maybe that >> was normal, clicked >> ok, and went on with the >> process. >> >> When I rebooted, I had no menu >> bars, no terminal, >> and no internet >> connection! Nooooooooo! I am in >> *way* over my head, >> and I really hope one of >> you fine folks can help me out! I >> make pretty >> awesome cookies... >> >> Help me, Obi-Wan Tclug! You are my >> only hope! >> >> Fingers crossed, >> Kat >> >> (PS: Acer Aspire One, model # ZG5, >> 1.5 GB RAM. >> Nothing fancy.) >> >> >> >> >> >> -Yaron >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. >> Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> >> >> -Yaron >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> > > > -Yaron > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >